Improvement in overbosoms



H. C. HOLMES.

OVER-3080M. No. 188,015. Patented March 6,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIc.

HIRAM O. HOLMES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LAFOREST W. HALL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OVERBOSOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 88,015, dated March6, 1877; application fil ed February 5, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM O. HOLMES, ofBoston, in the county of Snfl'olk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improved Overbosom,. Collar, and Suspender-Holder Uombined,of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists of an open -front overbosom, or false bosom, witha collar and a suspender-holder, and also an adjustable elastic strapattaching the bosom at its lower part to the waistband, all combined inone piece or garment, as an article of wearingapparel.

Its objcct will be readily understood by an examination of theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the said inventionas when in use or upon the person. The bosom, designated A A, is madeopen in front, and is fastened together in any suitable manner bybuttons having the front covered, as seen in Fig. 2, or by studs, or anysuitable fastening. The collar B is also made in the ordinary way,having a binding, a, attaching it to the bosom, and which is also of therequired width for the neck-tie. D is a strap attachment, connected byan elasti-cband within the fold (not shown in the drawing) to the bottomof the bosom, serving to fasten the bottom to a button on the waistbandand the elasticity of the strap attachment will adjust or conform it toany strain upon the bosom. O (J are loops or suspender-holders, andconsist of strips of cloth or any suitable material, under which passthe suspenders, as seen in Fig. 1, where the suspenders are representedby dotted lines. The said loops may be made separate from the bosom, andsewed through at both of their ends, as shown in the drawings; or theside pieces of the bosom may be cut or slotted in such manner that theparts represented as O (l by the lines in the drawings shall serve forthe loops, the suspenders passing under them in the same way. Theadvantages of this arrangement of the suspenderloops upon the bosom, tokeep the bosom in place, will be clearly seen. The elastic fastening Dalso serves to fasten the bosom to the buttons of the Waistband, andthus the bosom is kept perfectly smooth; and the loops, moreover, serveto keep the suspenders in place, since they are liable to slip down,especially upon sloping shoulders.

I am aware that the several elements of an overbosom herein shown areold in themselves, and therefore i do not broadly claim said elements;but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the open front overbosom A A, the collar B, thesuspender-loops O (J, and the adjustable strap D, all substantially asdescribed and shown, for the purpose specified.

HIRAM G. HOLMES. Witnesses:

J AGK HAB'IH, J. L. NEWTON.

